A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
… Leaked letter: Rudd admits 25% green energy undershoot, misled Parliament Oliver Tickell | 9th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Politics Finance EU UK Law rudd-2-cut.jpg A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The …
How does energy scarcity intersect with gender justice?
… Palestine’s energy transformation Madeleine Race | 22nd … International Friends Of The Earth Palestine Energy Editor’s Picks Thought Leaders … How does energy scarcity intersect with gender justice? … Many people in Palestine live with extreme energy scarcity. Local communities have no …
The UK's troubled Hinkley C nuclear power station faces a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims that the subsidy package will distort energy markets across Europe and disadvantage renewable generators and vendors.
… Greenpeace Energy to launch legal challenge to UK nuclear … a legal challenge from Germany's biggest energy co-op, which claims that the subsidy package will distort energy markets across Europe and disadvantage …
Federal tax cuts are one way governments can help renewable energy grow in both the residential and business sectors.
… Tax cuts and renewable energy Emily Folk | 4th February 2021 | Comment Renewable Energy Tax Government Editor’s Picks USA … are one way governments can help renewable energy grow in both the residential and …
Private energy firms have extracted huge profits while customers’ bills have skyrocketed. And Labour’s plans to intervene will be too little, too late.
… Labour's energy dilemma Chris Saltmarsh | 23rd December 2022 | Comment Energy Labour Party Green New Deal Labour For … Picks 49808447643_3ffa07d207_k.jpg Private energy firms have extracted huge profits while …
Could Tory MPs lose votes among their base support because of the party's perverse energy policies? The answer is blowing in the wind.
… Montague | 6th March 2023 | News Renewable Energy Onshore Wind Fossil Fuel Economy Economics Editor’s Picks Energy 50422796662_b15e324b29_b.jpg Could Tory … base support because of the party's perverse energy policies? The answer is blowing in the …
We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels and wood-burning.
… Large-scale bioenergy must be excluded from the EU's renewable energy definition Biofuelwatch co-signatories … on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy …
A second legal challenge to the UK's proposed Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset was launched this morning by ten renewable and municipal power suppliers in Germany and Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets.
… Green energy suppliers launch Hinkley C nuclear … The Ecologist | 15th July 2015 News Nuclear Energy Renewables Law Finance UK EU … Austria, citing grave distortions to European energy markets. The 'Action Alliance' of ten …
A Spending Bill now under debate in Congress would cut over $100 million from renewable energy, grant extra funds for dumping nuclear waste and fossil fuel research, exempt 'mountain top removal' coal from regulation, and limit the EPA's power to enforce clean water laws.
… House Spending Bill's huge dirty energy giveaway Farron Cousins | 24th June … News US Law Politics Fossil Fuels Nuclear Energy Renewables mtr-wva-cut.jpg A Spending … would cut over $100 million from renewable energy, grant extra funds for dumping nuclear …
Social movements need to mobilise now and unite people hammered by rising energy bills with protesters who fear climate breakdown.
… 17th May 2022 | Comment Cost of Living Crisis Energy Bills Energy Editor’s Picks fpa-cold-homes-kill.jpg … now and unite people hammered by rising energy bills with protesters who fear climate …
The UK's abject failure to implement national and EU laws on energy efficiency in buildings is a disgrace, writes Andrew Warren, and one that is costing us dear in higher fuel bills now and for long into the future, while adding to air pollution and climate change.
… Shame on the UK government: ignoring its own energy efficiency laws Andrew Warren | 25th January 2017 Comment Energy Efficiency Law Brexit EU UK Politics … failure to implement national and EU laws on energy efficiency in buildings is a disgrace, …
The surprise removal of tax benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective from Monday - is unlawful and must be reversed, states a legal letter to the Treasury. But meanwhile, investments in the sector have hit record levels, with two days still to go.
… The Ecologist | 27th November 2015 News Energy Finance Renewables Law Politics UK … benefits for investors in community renewable energy schemes - effective from Monday - is … levels, with two days still to go. Community Energy England are challenging George …
Fossil fuel dependency is driving up the cost of living.
… Pirani | 31st August 2022 | Comment Renewable Energy Economics Don't Pay Extinction … by wasteful, fossil-fuel-dependent energy systems, are a key driver. This article … those with precarious work or no work, face energy bills they simply will not be able to …
The Texas blackouts are the latest deadly consequence of climate breakdown. And a Green New Deal and climate jobs are the solution.
… Neale | 17th February 2021 | News Texas Energy Grids Green New Deal Energy Editor’s Picks Frozen The Texas … the grid on the Green New Deal and renewable energy. That’s silly. There is no Green New …
Austria today filed its legal challenge to the UK's €108 billion support package for the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, writes Oliver Tickell. A second such challenge at the European Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who fear unfair competition from subsidised nuclear power in Poland, Czech and Hungary if the Hinkley C precedent stands.
… Court Oliver Tickell | 6th July 2015 Activism Energy Law UK EU Austria Germany Nuclear … at the European Court is due from green energy suppliers in Germany and Austria who … for a state aid approval." Even if nuclear energy contributed to the UK's …
The energy industry is making record profits - but workers on offshore wind farms are being paid pennies and cannot afford to heat their own homes.
… | 6th March 2023 | News Offshore Wind Energy Editor’s Picks beatrice.jpg The energy industry is making record profits - but … in Britain invested nothing in renewable energy production while the UK Government …
India is unable to shake off its ties to coal despite its commitment to renewable energy, giving rise to enormous social and environmental costs.
… The paradox of India’s energy transition Brototi Roy | 6th January 2021 | News Editor’s Picks Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Mormugao port in Goa, … to coal despite its commitment to renewable energy, giving rise to enormous social and …
The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely stupid, writes Alan Simpson. The repeated cuts to renewables and energy efficiency, combined with limitless largesse to fossil fuels, has reached the point of insanity in the face of the UK's legal obligations and the growing climate crisis. Only we, the people, can end the madness.
… | 13th November 2015 Comment Climate Change Energy Renewables Fossil Fuels UK Politics Law … The government's policies on climate, energy and industry are not merely stupid, … Simpson. The repeated cuts to renewables and energy efficiency, combined with limitless …
Protecting jobs and the planet can be part of the same fight.
… November 2022 | Comment Unions Trade Unions Energy Nuclear Unite GMB Activism Resurgence & … stepped in shows us the centrality of energy in the modern global economy. Strategic … also go some way towards explaining why the energy sector is so difficult to transform, …
The rise of climate sceptics to new prime minister Liz Truss’s cabinet has sparked fear that climate action will be scaled back.
… promised to take action this week on soaring energy bills, the economy and the NHS. The … but we need to do it in a way that protects energy security. Gas is a very important … investment in renewables, low carbon heat and energy efficiency. Households The letter …
Review of No Miracles Needed: how today’s technology can save our climate and clean our air, by Mark Jacobson.
… to reaching 100 per cent clean, renewable energy provision the world over “are neither … technical properties of fossil-fuel-dominated energy provision, and contrast to it … that wind farms, solar panels, hydro, tidal energy and other renewable resources could …
The UK Government plans to lock consumers into a 2.5bn a year, 15-year spend to support peak-time fossil power generation - while undermining energy demand savings capable of achieving the same purpose more cleanly and cheaply. But today the 'unlawful' system has been hit by an ECJ lawsuit.
… Oliver Tickell | 4th December 2014 News Energy Finance Corporations Fossil Fuels UK … fossil power generation - while undermining energy demand savings capable of achieving the … has been hit by an ECJ lawsuit. An innovative energy company today launched a legal …
In this joint statement to COP21 Amnesty International and Greenpeace International call on all governments to protect human rights by including making respect for human rights an explicit purpose of any agreement, while agreeing to phase out fossil fuels and deliver 100% renewables for all by 2050.
… To protect human rights means 100% renewable energy for all by 2050 Greenpeace Amnesty … Climate Change Human Rights COP21 Law Unfccc Energy Renewables solar-aid-cut.jpg In this … a just transition towards 100% renewable energy, as well as the protection and …